Mobile Broadband and benefits with harmonized UHF spectrum Hans Höglund Director, Government & Industry Relations Business Unit Networks, Ericsson Ericsson AB 2009 1
Broadband access is a government priority..the Australian Government views the provision of broadband access as an essential nation-building activity. It is the key to how we will participate in the future economic, political and social life of the country. Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. 19 August 2008 Our digital networks will be the backbone of our economy in the decades ahead, Britain must invest in the industries of the future as it fights its way out of recession Gordon Brown, Jan 29, 2009 To build an economy that can lead this future, we will begin to rebuild America. It means expanding broadband lines across America, so that a small business in a rural town can connect and compete with their counterparts anywhere in the world. And it means investing in the science, research, and technology that will lead to new medical breakthroughs, new discoveries, and entire new industries. Barack Obama Jan 8, 2009 The ICT industry generates 25% of the total growth in Europe Ericsson AB 2009 2
Mobile Broadband Consumer experience 2008 Automatic install and configuration Data speeds 0,5-7 Mbps with mean ~2-3 Mbps Mobile use in trains, buses and cars Coverage essentially everywhere Applications handle short interruptions Robust Connection stays up HSPA provides a robust DSL-like broadband experience Ericsson AB 2009 3
3GPP family success gives economies of scale 8000 Reported Subscriptions (million) 7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 3GPP family 0 20 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 LTE WCDMA/HSPA GSM/GPRS/EDGE TDSCDMA Mobile WiMAX CDMA Other Harmonized spectrum is a key mass market enabler This slide contains forward looking statements Source: Internal Ericsson Ericsson AB 2009 4
Mobile broadband speed evolution Future Future LTE LTE releases releases LTE LTE HSPA HSPA Evolution Evolution 3G 3G HSPA HSPA Target Peak rate 384 kbps 3.6 Mbps 7/14 Mbps 21/28/42 Mbps ~150 Mbps 2002 2005 20 2008/2009 2009 1Gbps 2013 Higher peak data rates enable a better user experience Ericsson AB 2009 5
Data now 6 times more than voice Fast subscriber growth Strong traffic growth WCDMA/HSPA world wide 300 million WCDMA/HSPA subscribers world wide 6 million new HSPA subscribers per month, 83 million in total 1276 HSPA devices are launched from 164 suppliers HSPA is deployed in 237 networks in 105 countries/territories 85% of the traffic in WCDMA/ HSPA networks is data M B it/s /R N C 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 sep- 06 okt- 06 nov- 06 dec- 06 jan- feb- mar- apr- maj- jun- jul- aug- sep- okt- nov- dec- jan- 08 High speed packet data Sum of Speech traffic (MBit/s/RNC) Sum of HS Packet traffic (MBit/s/RNC) Sum of Others traffic (MBit/s/RNC) Packet data Speech feb- mar- apr- maj- jun- 08 08 08 08 08 Sum of DCH Packet traffic (MBit/s/RNC) Sum of CS64 traffic (MBit/s/RNC) jul- 08 aug- 08 sep- 08 okt- 08 LTE will accelerate this trend further more spectrum needed! Source: GSMA, GSA, and NetQB, November-08 Ericsson AB 2009 6
Harmonization of spectrum For mobile broadband International harmonization of spectrum gives: rich ecosystem providing interoperability easy cross border coordination international roaming availability of affordable products bridging the digital divide Harmonized spectrum has enabled global mobile penetration of 59% Ericsson AB 2009 7
The 800 MHz band brings broadband everywhere 5 Reference frequency is 700 MHz Suburban environment Required number of sites (normalized) 4.5 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 2200 2400 2600 Carrier frequency (MHz) The 800 MHz band is a coverage band and will do with a 3rd of the sites compared with higher bands Ericsson AB 2009 8
Conclusions Mobile Broadband growth based on HSPA evolving to LTE Harmonized spectrum approach is crucial UHF band is excellent for coverage wherever needed Ericsson AB 2009 9
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